The Observatory on Social and Gender Violence in Aguascalientes denounced the alleged complicity of elements from police corporations—including Cyber Police, Municipal, and State Police—in networks of trafficking adolescents for sexual exploitation. According to the organization, there are precedents within these institutions that have not been investigated or channeled to the corresponding authorities. Its president, Marina Ávila Montejo, requested the opening of independent investigations to clarify possible responsibilities within the corporations, as well as the intervention of external bodies. "We hold the State responsible for guaranteeing safety conditions for those of us who report and accompany, as well as for ensuring access to the truth and justice for each of the victims," stated Marina Ávila Montejo. The pronouncement comes after local media reports that days earlier, a bar in the Las Flores colony had been dismantled, where the exploitation of minors was detected. In the operation, a man accused of being a pimp was arrested. The municipal president has avoided commenting on the case. Meanwhile, the National Citizen Observatory on Feminicide (OCNF) issued a communiqué demanding that the Secretariat of Women initiate a formal investigation and declare a Gender Violence Alert in Aguascalientes. The OCNF, comprising 40 organizations in 22 states, warned that the precedents of violence and alleged institutional omissions in the entity have not been properly investigated, for which it requested urgent protection measures for victims, their families, and the organizations that accompany the cases. The case has generated national attention and adds to others in Mexico where the possible collusion of authorities with trafficking networks has been pointed out. As of this edition's closing, no official position has been issued by the municipal president of Aguascalientes, Leonardo Montañez Castro, nor by the Secretariat of Women or the State Attorney General's Office.
